Speaking of Tampa, I will be down for the Super Bowl.
I was thinking about you, my father lost his dock on Christmas due to that big storm. How did you fare?
That was one heck of a surprise storm.
I woke up at 4 and the wind was blowing as hard as during any of the hurricanes. I woke my husband up so we could move our cars out of the driveway (they sit under big oaks) and move them onto the rough on the golf course where there is less chance of tree damage.
Then I called my sister and BIL (they only live a couple doors down to warn them) because they have lots of pool and porch furniture out. They were already awake taking care of the problem.
I checked the weather bulletins, and then came on FR at about 4:30, lots of other folks were checking in.
We had no damage, but lots of debris. Folks Christmas garbage that they had already set out was blowing everywhere. The big plastic bins were no match for the wind, and they blew over and stuff was everywhere.
Sorry about your Dad's dock. They said there were 10 foot seas along with the wind.